The Plan All the hungry folks passing through the new Fulton Street Transit Center or streaming out of City Hall on lunch breaks who find themselves craving flour tortillas, cilantro-lime rice or braised carnitas will be in luck—there’s a new Chipoltle in town. Winick Realty Group broker Darrell Rubens helped rent the space at 281 [...]

The Plan

All the hungry folks passing through the new Fulton Street Transit Center or streaming out of City Hall on lunch breaks who find themselves craving flour tortillas, cilantro-lime rice or braised carnitas will be in luck—there’s a new Chipoltle in town. Winick Realty Group broker Darrell Rubens helped rent the space at 281 Broadway to the restaurant, which opened in 2,300 square feet of space there about a month ago. After the jump, Mr. Rubens reviews the floor plan with The Commercial Observer and explained why, exactly, Chipoltle chose to take a bite.

Three New Retail Leases at Columbus Square Three retail tenants have become the latest additions to the mixed-use development on the Upper West Side called Columbus Square, which has turned Columbus Ave from 97th to 100th Streets into a shopping corridor. Michael’s Arts & Crafts and HomeGoods have both selected Columbus Square for their first Manhattan retail store. A third retailer, [...]

Three New Retail Leases at Columbus Square

Three retail tenants have become the latest additions to the mixed-use development on the Upper West Side called Columbus Square, which has turned Columbus Ave from 97th to 100th Streets into a shopping corridor.

Michael’s Arts & Crafts and HomeGoods have both selected Columbus Square for their first Manhattan retail store. A third retailer, an as-yet-unnamed children’s clothing concept, has selected Columbus Square as the site of its Manhattan flagship store. This retailer has taken 7,000 square feet of ground floor space in addition to a 2,200-square-foot basement at 808 Columbus Avenue.

Backed by a major athletic company, the children’s concept store was represented by Winick Realty Group LLC Senior Managing Director Zach Mishaan, who will continue to act as the company’s exclusive broker going forward.

At nearby 805 Columbus Avenue, Starbucks Coffee Company has leased 1,200 square feet on the corner of 100th Street, filling the last corner availability at the property, according to Gedinsky. Adjacent to the new Starbucks storefront, a 1,500-square-foot space was leased to Verizon Wireless. Jason Daniels and David Landes of Royal Properties represented Verizon in the transaction, while David Firestein of SCG Retail represented Starbucks.

Since Winick Realty Group LLC began marketing the 350,000-square-foot retail project, which sits just south of Columbia University and just west of Central Park at the base of 780 newly-built residential units, the company has brought TJ Maxx, Sephora, Whole Foods, Crumbs, Petco, Associated Supermarket, Chase Bank, Bank of America, Modell’s Sporting Goods, the Ryan Center, the Solomon Schechter School and the Mandell School to the asset.

Winick Realty Group retail duo of Jeff Winick and Darrell Rubens have been brought on to handle the retail leasing for 100 Broadway… Once the site of a massive Borders bookstore, the sprawling retail space has already had two-thirds of it leased out to the Walgreens-owned Duane Reade. Now at the helm of 100 Broadway, [...]

Winick Realty Group retail duo of Jeff Winick and Darrell Rubens have been brought on to handle the retail leasing for 100 Broadway…

Once the site of a massive Borders bookstore, the sprawling retail space has already had two-thirds of it leased out to the Walgreens-owned Duane Reade.

Now at the helm of 100 Broadway, Mr. Rubens is eager to bring a retailer into the remaining 4,400 square feet of vacant storefront space, possibly an outfitter like American Apparel of Joe Fresh.

There is also a 9,000 square foot lower level space that has never been used for retail purposes before. The group plans on combining both the ground and lower floor space for a big-box tenant, it said in a press release.

With the riff-raf from the Occupy Wall Street protests from nearby Zucotti Park no longer a presence, Mr. Rubens is eager to see the remaining barricades removed.

“I am happy the protesters aren’t in Zuccotti Park anymore, and I would love to see New York City take down the rest of the barricades in Lower Manhattan and make it open,” said Mr. Rubens. “One thing is we don’t have any barricades on our site. It’s more open than ever.” Mr. Rubens, a 16-year veteran of Winick Realty, is no stranger to the Financial District’s retail scene. He handled the leases for popular fashion stores like Century 21 and TJ Maxx, the latter whom he leased their first downtown store at 14 Wall Street.

He said he spent the past 10 years focusing solely on retail opportunities in the Financial District.

“It wasn’t until after 9/11 when building owners started converting office buildings into residential. I really made [retail] my focus,” he said.

With the new Fulton Street station and the new World Trade Center site both close to opening, he thinks now is a ripe time for retail, especially with the influx of a younger breed of everyday professional.

“Conde Nast is going to be down there, which will be a whole new demographic,” he added.

The Change Group Leases Seventh NYC Location The Change Group, the family-owned foreign currency and travel services provider, has leased 110 square feet at 22 West 34th St between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Herald Square. The store is scheduled to open within the next two months. This will be The Change Group’s seventh store in New York City. Winick Realty [...]

The Change Group Leases Seventh NYC Location

The Change Group, the family-owned foreign currency and travel services provider, has leased 110 square feet at 22 West 34th St between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Herald Square.

The store is scheduled to open within the next two months. This will be The Change Group’s seventh store in New York City.

Columbus Adds Stores The tenant roster at Columbus Square continues to take shape as three retail tenants locate to the mixed-use development project. Michael’s Arts & Crafts & HomeGoods both chose Columbus Square for their first Manhattan retail store. Winick Realty Group also announced that a third retailer has selected Columbus Square as the site [...]

Columbus Adds Stores

The tenant roster at Columbus Square continues to take shape as three retail tenants locate to the mixed-use development project.

“We are thrilled to once again introduce a retail concept to Manhattan at Columbus Square,” said Winick associate director Kelly Gedinsky, who exclusively represents the retail at Columbus Square with executive vice president Lori Shabtai.

Backed by a major athletic company, the store will offer a new retail experience for families living in the complex, as well as students at the Solomon Schechter School and the Mandell School.

Winick senior managing director Zach Mishaan represented the retailer and will continue to act as the company’s exclusive broker.

At nearby 805 Columbus Avenue, Starbucks leased 1,200 s/f on the corner of 100th Street, filling the last corner availability, according to Gedinsky.

Adjacent to the Starbucks, a 1,500 s/f space was leased to Verizon Wireless. Jason Daniels and David Landes of Royal Properties represented Verizon, while David Firestein of SCG Retail represented Starbucks.

Said Gedinsky, “We are now looking to fill the remaining inline spaces, with floor plates ranging from 2,700 to 4,300 s/f. It’s a great opportunity for smaller stores to join the exciting brands who have found great success at Columbus Square.”

Since Winick began marketing the 350,000 s/f retail project, the company has brought a who’s who of retail to the area, including TJ Maxx, Sephora, Whole Foods, Crumbs, Petco and Chase Bank.